Ryan Pagan, son of Denis Pagan, takes bids for 140 Station St. Picture: Michael KleinSource:News Limited

Post-auction negotiations ended below the $2.2 million reserve, and it remains for sale at that figure.

The dual premiership coach and his son Ryan — both directors of Pagan Real Estate — auctioned the home for developer Birchwood Cove.

The developer bought the 352sq m property from Pagan and his brother Larry for $1.8 million in 2016. The house, which was a dairy in the late 1800s, had been uninhabited for a decade after their mother Betty’s death.

The brothers decided to finally sell it, with plans and permits for three dwellings, after their father Leslie died in 2014.

Inside the extension at 140 Station St.Source:Supplied

The extension features two living rooms, one being a mezzanine level.Source:Supplied

The largest of those dwellings — and the most special to Pagan — was offered yesterday.

The developer modernised the weatherboard, while retaining period features including the quaint facade, a central hallway and wide ceilings.

The old house now contains two bedrooms and a bathroom. It flows into a new two-storey extension featuring a third bedroom with an ensuite, a Miele kitchen, a meals and living room

plus a mezzanine living area offering city views, an alfresco terrace and a garage.

One of the three bedrooms.Source:Supplied

One of the home’s modern bathrooms.Source:Supplied

Leslie initially rented the weatherboard in 1944, after returning from a WWII deployment to Darwin. He and Betty bought it in the early ‘60s for about 1200 pounds.

Pagan lived there until he married at 26.

He said his footy career as a player for North Melbourne and South Melbourne and coach of North Melbourne and Carlton began with him kicking the Sherrin in a laneway next to the house. The lane was recently named Pagan Lane after his grandfather and father.

Denis and Ryan Pagan at the house before it was transformed by developers. Picture: Rob Leeson.Source:News Corp Australia